Korean Spa?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Spa World is fantastic - I’m out of the DC area now and still make a point to visit when I’m in town (parents are still there). Budget at least four hours! There’s a place to get lunch too.

Honest question - what do you do for 4 hours?

[Anonymous]

Spend time in the mineral rooms off the common area, with ice room after each hot room. Eat lunch or have boba tea. Go to the wet area and enjoy all the water massages. Use sauna and steam room with a dip in cold bath in between. Get a body scrub.

[Anonymous]

NP - Go in the bade pools, get a scrub/massage, go eat, relax, take a nap, go to the hot rooms and then the cool room.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Spa World is fantastic - I’m out of the DC area now and still make a point to visit when I’m in town (parents are still there). Budget at least four h
ours! There’s a place to get lunch too.

Honest question - what do you do for 4 hours?

[Anonymous]

I am so confused. It is a co-Ed nude spa like in Germany?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What on earth is up with people wanting to take children to these places?

its a family friendly spa. They have pools, which kids enjoy. In Korea its a tradition to go as a family. Our kids enjoy going. They have a few friends they have made there even that they see often during our visits.

[Anonymous]

How much does it cost?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What on earth is up with people wanting to take children to these places?

its a family friendly spa. They have pools, which kids enjoy. In Korea its a tradition to go as a family. Our kids enjoy going. They have a few friends they have made there even that they see often during our visits.

Everyone is saying the kids are well behaved. Are they just sitting quietly in the pool? Or are they playing like or you see in a neighborhood pool? Maybe the word spa is what is throwing some of us off. That does not seem relaxing in the least.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Spa World is fantastic - I’m out of the DC area now and still make a point to visit when I’m in town (parents are still there). Budget at least four hours! There’s a place to get lunch too.

Honest question - what do you do for 4 hours?

I rotate between the pools, steam room, and sauna. Maybe spend an hour there. Get a treatment: body scrub or massage. In the shared (both gender) space there are many rooms with different elements: an amethyst room, a clay room etc. Spend 10-20 minutes in each and then rest on a mat between each for 5-10 minutes. Eat or have a smoothie.

The time goes quickly at that place!

Alas I live in an area with no Korean spa to be found. If I had my druthers I’d find someone to partner with and open one, but not sure there’s enough demand here. I would be a regular customer at least!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What on earth is up with people wanting to take children to these places?

its a family friendly spa. They have pools, which kids enjoy. In Korea its a tradition to go as a family. Our kids enjoy going. They have a few friends they have made there even that they see often during our visits.

Everyone is saying the kids are well behaved. Are they just sitting quietly in the pool? Or are they playing like or you see in a neighborhood pool? Maybe the word spa is what is throwing some of us off. That does not seem relaxing in the least.

The kids just go in the water. They are not disruptive and it’s not like they’re playing at the neighborhood pool. It’s an immersive, relaxing environment.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What on earth is up with people wanting to take children to these places?

its a family friendly spa. They have pools, which kids enjoy. In Korea its a tradition to go as a family. Our kids enjoy going. They have a few friends they have made there even that they see often during our visits.

Everyone is saying the kids are well behaved. Are they just sitting quietly in the pool? Or are they playing like or you see in a neighborhood pool? Maybe the word spa is what is throwing some of us off. That does not seem relaxing in the least.

Yes the kids are no issue at spa world, They are in the pool with there parents and normally are kept quiet and not running around, Some bring a few small bath tub toys or something to play with in the water. Nothing like the neighborhood pool. Not sure about the female side, but this is what i have observed on the male side.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What on earth is up with people wanting to take children to these places?

its a family friendly spa. They have pools, which kids enjoy. In Korea its a tradition to go as a family. Our kids enjoy going. They have a few friends they have made there even that they see often during our visits.

Everyone is saying the kids are well behaved. Are they just sitting quietly in the pool? Or are they playing like or you see in a neighborhood pool? Maybe the word spa is what is throwing some of us off. That does not seem relaxing in the least.

The kids just go in the water. They are not disruptive and it’s not like they’re playing at the neighborhood pool. It’s an immersive, relaxing environment.

how is that fun for a kid?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What on earth is up with people wanting to take children to these places?

its a family friendly spa. They have pools, which kids enjoy. In Korea its a tradition to go as a family. Our kids enjoy going. They have a few friends they have made there even that they see often during our visits.

Everyone is saying the kids are well behaved. Are they just sitting quietly in the pool? Or are they playing like or you see in a neighborhood pool? Maybe the word spa is what is throwing some of us off. That does not seem relaxing in the least.

The kids just go in the water. They are not disruptive and it’s not like they’re playing at the neighborhood pool. It’s an immersive, relaxing environment.

how is that fun for a kid?

kids like to soak in the water as much as an adult does. Most kids like taking a bath, At spa world it is just a much larger tub. This time of year outdoor pools are closed so if there parents are going to the spa anyway kids are willing to go too.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What on earth is up with people wanting to take children to these places?

its a family friendly spa. They have pools, which kids enjoy. In Korea its a tradition to go as a family. Our kids enjoy going. They have a few friends they have made there even that they see often during our visits.

Everyone is saying the kids are well behaved. Are they just sitting quietly in the pool? Or are they playing like or you see in a neighborhood pool? Maybe the word spa is what is throwing some of us off. That does not seem relaxing in the least.

Yes the kids are no issue at spa world, They are in the pool with there parents and normally are kept quiet and not running around, Some bring a few small bath tub toys or something to play with in the water. Nothing like the neighborhood pool. Not sure about the female side, but this is what i have observed on the male side.

Did you feel like it was a lot of guys "cruising" on the male side? Did you bring your DS weekday or weekend?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What on earth is up with people wanting to take children to these places?

its a family friendly spa. They have pools, which kids enjoy. In Korea its a tradition to go as a family. Our kids enjoy going. They have a few friends they have made there even that they see often during our visits.

Everyone is saying the kids are well behaved. Are they just sitting quietly in the pool? Or are they playing like or you see in a neighborhood pool? Maybe the word spa is what is throwing some of us off. That does not seem relaxing in the least.

Yes the kids are no issue at spa world, They are in the pool with there parents and normally are kept quiet and not running around, Some bring a few small bath tub toys or something to play with in the water. Nothing like the neighborhood pool. Not sure about the female side, but this is what i have observed on the male side.

Did you feel like it was a lot of guys "cruising" on the male side? Did you bring your DS weekday or weekend?

I Was there on a weekend, Did not really see any cruising when i was there. Just guys relaxing in the different pools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Spa World is fantastic - I’m out of the DC area now and still make a point to visit when I’m in town (parents are still there). Budget at least four hours! There’s a place to get lunch too.

Honest question - what do you do for 4 hours?

My usual King Spa routine:

Arrive, rinse off and change into bathing suit: 15 min.
Float around in outdoor pool, moving from jet to jet, maybe dipping in a hot tub once or twice: 45 min to an hour
Back inside to dry off and change into shirt/shorts uniform: 15 minutes
Do a few of the heated spa rooms, laying down in each for 10-20 minutes, trying to not fall asleep: 1 hour
Lunch, while reading a book: 30 to 45 minutes
Find a chair in the "media room," pretend I'm just going to chill for a few minutes, but fall asleep: 30 to 45 minutes
Lay down in the room with all the tiny wooden cubes that smell really good: 20 minutes
Visit favorite heated spa rooms again: 20 minutes
Back to locker room to shower, dress, dry hair, etc: 30 minutes

If I have a gift card, I'll splurge for a massage sometimes. That's about an hour.

I go on weekdays and get there early. It's hardly ever crowded.